Cardinals swing for the fences with hiring of Kliff Kingsbury

Cardinals swing for the fences with hiring of Kliff Kingsbury

In response to the perpetual losing in the 2018 season, Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim said he would “come out swinging” with the hiring of a new head coach. With the hire of Kliff Kingsbury, this is undoubtedly Keim sticking to his word.

Success or fail, with Kingsbury, Keim is swinging for the fences. And it may just be a grand slam.

Consider this:

Matt Nagy had never been a head coach. He made the playoffs in his first season. The Bears went from worst to first.

Frank Reich had never been a head coach. He made the playoffs in his first season with the Colts, and the assistants on the staff weren’t even his hires.

Doug Pederson had never been a head coach. He won a Super Bowl, is back in the playoffs and has done it with a backup quarterback.

This is not saying the Cardinals will be in the playoffs in 2019. It is too early to say and there are still a lot of pieces to add and work to be done.

But this hire shows this team is committed to doing the unthinkable, the unconventional, the unfathomable and not toe the line of the old NFL guard any longer.

This was a gutsy move that will either have phenomenal results, or crash and burn.

Either way, you have to admire the Cardinals brass for taking a huge risk for the possibility of an even greater reward.